From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268027AbUHFClD (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2004 22:41:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267934AbUHFClC (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2004 22:41:02 -0400 Received: from smtp018.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.174.115]:53083 "HELO smtp018.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268071AbUHFCiJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2004 22:38:09 -0400 Subject: Re: Firewire hard drives From: "Raf D'Halleweyn (list)" To: Erik Steffl Cc: Linux Kernel List In-Reply-To: <41129B77.5040504@bigfoot.com> References: <200408051612.36445.caleb_gibbs@sbcglobal.net> <16658.38447.591862.21787@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <41129B77.5040504@bigfoot.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 22:38:05 -0400 Message-Id: <1091759885.4861.5.camel@alto.dhalleweyn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 1.5.91 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 13:41 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > John Stoffel wrote: > > Caleb> Has anyone had any luck getting there external firewire hard > > Caleb> drive to mount? my laptop is running suse9.0 and detects the > > Caleb> firewire hub and works great with my usb devices but when I > > Caleb> plug in the firewire hdd it boots the device but I can`t mount > > Caleb> it. > > (sorry, missed the original post) > > I am using iPod as firewire disk, works fairly OK except of: sometime > it gets into state when system does not recognize the new SCSI disk (it > looks like SCSI disk) and nothing helps (unloading modules, > disconnecting the device etc.), didn't investigate enough to figure out > why (firewire drivers recognize the device but rescanning scsi doesn't > find the disk), only reboot helps (out of the options I tried). This is > not a bug report, just FYI, I don't have enough details to actually ask > for help... When that happens, try to stop the iPod before you connect (i.e. press play/pause for 5 seconds) or reboot the iPod (press Menu and play/pause for 5 seconds). At least, that works for me most of the times (not always). Raf.